Moringa oleifera capsule and diet in young women with dropout school

Abstract

BackgroundTeenagers are the second phase in life after the children's phase. The adolescent phase is called the transitional or transitional phase because in this phase it has not gained status as an adult but is no longer a childhood. The adolescent phase is called the critical period, a phase where there are many problems in growth and development, both physically, mentally, and in activities so that the need for food containing nutrients is large enough. Therefore, intervention efforts to improve adolescent nutrition are very necessary. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Moringa Oleifera leaf capsules on eating patterns in school drop-out adolescent girls aged 12–18 years in Polobangkeng sub-district, Takalar Regency, South Sulawesi Province. MethodsThe study was a quasi experiment, the design used was Randomized Controlled Double-Blind Pre-Posttest. This research was conducted in Polobangkeng Utara Subdistrict, Takalar Regency, South Sulawesi on March 15, 2020 to May 23, 2020. The population in this study was all young women breaking up schools aged 12–18 years in Polobangkeng Utara District, Takalar Regency, South Sulawesi Province as many as 75 people. The sampling technique uses simple random sampling. Data were analyzed using the McNemar and Man Whitney tests. ResultsMoringa leaf extract capsules of respondents who had a good diet before the intervention were 40% and less than 60% but after the intervention had a good diet as much as 100%. The Mc Nemar test p value was 0.004 which the p value <value α (0.05) which shows that there are differences in eating patterns before and after administration of Moringa capsule interventions. Whereas the TTD capsules of respondents who had a good diet before intervention were 26.6%. but changed to poor diet after intervention by 93.3%. Mc Nemar test p value is 0.125 which p value>α value (0.05) which shows that there is no difference in eating patterns before and after TTD capsule intervention. ConclusionThere is an effect of giving Moringa leaf extract capsules to the diet seen from the average median value in the Moringa leaf extract capsule group is greater than 23 of the TTD capsule group which is 8 in teenage girls dropping out of school age 12–18 years in the North Polongbangkeng region Regency. Takalar, South Sulawesi.